The Round Table was devoted to one of the burning issues for many industrial companies working on the Russian market — engineering in industrial sector. The following issues were raised and discussed: Russian system of technological forecasting; how to deal with Russian scientific institutes in order to utilize their capacities for business needs; which could be in Russia the role of foreign business interested in developing the industrial engineering («soviet» and «business focused» approaches); efficient project and construction management of industrial plant; possibilities of R&D organization in SEZ («Alabuga»). 

The meeting was co-chaired by Michael Akim, AEB Board member, Vice-President, ABB, and Ilya Oshkin, Deputy Chairman of the AEB Machine Building & Engineering Committee, Business Development Director, Dow Corning.